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Elizabeth Heffernan's avatar

I recently joined Twitter so that I could read my brother's poems. He has committed to writing/tweeting a poem a day. He has been recovering from a major stroke for two years and expressive language has been his biggest challenge. It totally derailed his career as a lawyer. This is how I can support him everyday-by reading his tweets and giving him a heart.

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Leigh Kramer's avatar

I don’t know what to think. I was trained as a journalist in the 1970s, and I have a pretty rigid idea of good journalistic guidelines and what constitutes legitimate information reporting. But with a consulting career in marketing and public relations I’m obliged to understand and utilize various forms of social media when applicable.

When Facebook came along I saw it as a way to stay connected with people and engage in lightweight dialogue. Twitter always seemed like cacophony to me. Like walking into giant cocktail party where everyone is talking at once. I know you can mine Twitter for trends and opinion and if you’re into it, build a following to have dialogue. But I just can’t relate to it.

I also take my writing (and others’) seriously

and so Twitter seemed ridiculous from that standpoint. Like a bunch of people blurting out snippets at each other. :)

I much prefer what you’re doing, here, and with News & Guts, Dan.

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